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17 Feb 2024, 23:34
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Some scholars believe that L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland was a ship repair base for the 11th-century Viking explorers of the land that the Vikings called Vinland. Artefacts discovered at L’Anse aux Meadows include carved pieces of wood similar to wooden ship repair pieces excavated from a 9th-century Viking settlement in Ireland.
Which of the following, if true, would most help to strengthen the claim that L’Anse aux Meadows was used as a ship repair base by 11th-century Viking explorers?
(A) Ship repair facilities have existed in Newfoundland since the late 1700s, when the first permanent European settlements were established.
(B) The main written sources of information concerning Vinland are two Icelandic sagas that disagree about the type of sailing vessel used to explore Vinland.
(C) Any Vikings who explored Vinland must have been based in Greenland, but during the eleventh century the Viking settlements in Greenland had neither the population nor the wealth to send ships to explore Vinland.
(D) The carved pieces of wood found at L’Anse aux Meadows are almost identical to carvings made by Native Americans who lived near L’Anse aux Meadows in the eleventh century.
(E) A number of clothes-fastening pins of an 11th-century Viking design were among the artefacts unearthed at L’Anse aux Meadows.
Which of the following, if true, would most help to strengthen the claim that L’Anse aux Meadows was used as a ship repair base by 11th-century Viking explorers?
(A) Ship repair facilities have existed in Newfoundland since the late 1700s, when the first permanent European settlements were established.
(B) The main written sources of information concerning Vinland are two Icelandic sagas that disagree about the type of sailing vessel used to explore Vinland.
(C) Any Vikings who explored Vinland must have been based in Greenland, but during the eleventh century the Viking settlements in Greenland had neither the population nor the wealth to send ships to explore Vinland.
(D) The carved pieces of wood found at L’Anse aux Meadows are almost identical to carvings made by Native Americans who lived near L’Anse aux Meadows in the eleventh century.
(E) A number of clothes-fastening pins of an 11th-century Viking design were among the artefacts unearthed at L’Anse aux Meadows.
10 Apr 2024, 23:31
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Yes, answer is (E), not (D) here.
If anything, (D) weakens the claim that Vikings used LAM as a ship repair base. We know that objects found at LAM are similar to those used by 9th century Vikings. But if these objects are identical to those used by 11th century Native Americans, then the objects could belong to them and the Viking connection could be incorrect.
If other objects that were of Viking design were found at LAM, then the Viking connect is strengthened. Hence (E) works.
30 Dec 2024, 10:38
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Hi, Could anyone provide a brief explanation of all the answer choices and why E would the correct answer?
